NEWER Antonyms

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• of a very early stage in development

• (used for emphasis) very familiar

• skilled through long experience

• belonging to some prior time

• excellent

• just preceding something else in time or order

• affected by wear; damaged by long use

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

• commonly used or practiced; usual

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

• marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

• brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

• settled securely and unconditionally

• conforming with accepted standards

• shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt

• introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

• having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

• a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

• well known or easily recognized

• within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange

• a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

• a friend who is frequently in the company of another

• a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

• (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly

• having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

• referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

• the first of two or the first mentioned of two

• belonging to some prior time

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• belonging to the distant past

• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary

• not derived or copied or translated from something else

• just preceding something else in time or order

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• too soon or too hasty

• employed in accomplishing something

• (of persons) taken advantage of

• previously used or owned by another